Towel-rack.



lTOWEL RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JANJS, 1913.

' 113873450, l PatenteavFeb. 17,1914.

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JOHN O. KNOX, OF WATERLOO, IOWA, .ASSIGNORI'.lO THE WATERLOO REGISTER COMPANY, OF WATERLOO, IOWA.

TOWEL-RACK.

Specioation of I-.etters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

Application ledJ'anuary 13, 1'913. .Serial No. 741,782;

folded or moved back away from an extended position to lie together closely and compactly.

Another object is to so form the rack-arms that they will releasably hold the fabric or object to be supported', in a convenient manner.

These objects I have effected by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved device, showing the rack-arms extended and spread apart, with a towel releasably held by one of the arms. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device, showing the rack-arms swung around to one side in juxtaposition. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through a part of the bracket of the supporting-body and through a slot thereof, showing the pivotal slide seated in said slot, with the rack-arm in cross-section- Similar numeralsof reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The supporting body of my device comp'risesal back-plate l bent at its lower end forwardly and horizontally to provide a bracket, which latter has parallel slots 2, 3 and 4, all directed perpendicularly to the back with their outer ends at the same distance from the` back. The slots 2 and 4 are the longer and of the same length, the middle slot 3 being shorter. Slides are seated movably in said slots,l each being a short headed bolt, as shown at 5, 6 and 7, whose stem extends downwardly through the slot and has its lower end furnished with.a stop, to prevent displacement.

Mounted on each slide-bolt is an arm 8 of like form and dimensions, and projected a distance beyond the bracket-part of the body l. Each arm 8 is formed by medially bending a rod about said bolt, to have its ends contact nearly to their ends, the eX- tremities 8 and 9 being spread apart-and Vsupplied with globular terminal knobs. The

two members of each arm thus formed, are yieldable and resilient and tend to return to their contacting position after displacement from each other. They may be spread apart sufficiently to receive therebetween a 1 towel 10, or any other fabric, such as art-icles of clothing, and will elastically clip themselves over the article held to retain it until withdrawn when the members are spread apart.

Referring to Fi` 2, which shows the arms 8 swung to the right-hand ofthe bracketbody 1, it will'be observed that when the respective arms are swung, the slide 5 is seated in the outer part of the slot 2, the slide 7 is seated in the inner part of the slot 4, while the slide 6 is withdrawn to the inner end of the slot 3. Since the middle slot 3 is shorter than the others` the slide 6 is stopped in a'middle position relative to the other slides, which places all the arms in a parallel position, where they occupy the least space and lie nearest the wall on which sa'id bracket-body 1 is supported.

The parts of the device are simple and inexpensive and easily assembled, and the device is particularly useful in' locations where it is desirable for any reason to have the arms lie near each other and near the wall when withdrawn from their extended positions.

lI-Iaving described my invention, .what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letplate having three parallel slots, the outermost slots vbeing of equal length, the middle slot being shorter and all the slots having their outer ends in line, double-headed pins seated sldably in said slots, the lower head V01E each in movable Contact with the under side of the plate and arms each formed of a rod bent medially to cause its parte to closely approach each other with its loop 10 secured about one of said pins between the u Loenaeo upper head of the pin and the upper surface of said plate to rest movably upon said plate for a portion of its length.

Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 28th day of Dec. 1912.

JOHN 0. KNOX.

Witnesses:

G. C. IKENNEDYa W. H. BRUNN. 

